The Maid and the Dug-Out Kjerkvågen, Kabelvåg

Nordland · Norway · Natural site

A maid read the devil loose – and his impossible tasks moved mountain peaks and dug out a whole bay.

One of the priests in Vågan owned the black book, and while he was away on a sick-visit the maid found it and read the devil free, dreadful with horns and hooves. To be rid of him she set him to move a mountain peak and dig out a bay – the one now called Kjerkvågen. When he returned she set him to braid three rows of rope from sand along the shores of the newly dug bay.

FAQ

Where is The Maid and the Dug-Out Kjerkvågen, Kabelvåg located?

The Maid and the Dug-Out Kjerkvågen, Kabelvåg is in Nordland, Norway.

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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.